Hanger.



J. IRVINE.

HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1a, 1913.

1 74,623, Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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UNITED srnrpgs egrnnr oriuon JOHN IRVINE, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN IRVINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phila= delphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of which the following is a specific'ation.

My invention relates to improvements in hangers, the object of the invention being to provide an improved hanger composed of a slngle piece of spring wire bent forming a plurality of garment supporting hooks and an article clamp.

A further object is to provide a hanger of this character which may be rigidly secured in position by the employment of a single screw or other similar holding device, and which will be extremely simple in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, and strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed outin the claims.- 7

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my'improvements, showing the same supporting a cane or umbrella handle, the latter being illustrated in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger.

My improved hanger comprises a single piece of relatively heavy spring wire which is bent centrally between its ends forming a vertical eye 1 which is adapted to receive a screw, nail, or other device (not shown) to rigidly secure the hanger to a wall or similar support.

The ends of the wire at the base of the eye 1 are crossed and project in opposite directions for a short distance as shown at 2, and both ends are coiled as shown at 4.

While of course the number of convolutions is immaterial, yet I preferably provide atleast two, and said convolutions located at right angles to the eye 1 or otherwise horizontal when the eye 1 is positioned vertically.

The ends of the coils 4, which are at the base thereof, extend diagonally toward each other as shown at 5 and are then bent at an acute angle, although the bend is somewhat round as indicated at 6.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (let. '7, 1913.

Application filed April 18, 1913. Serial No. 761,868.

The two ends of the wires 6 extend in opposite directions and in alinement as shown at '7 and are bent upwardly and then downwardly forming rounded hooks 8. The ends of the wires thenextend toward each other in -alinement, and parallel with the portion 7 as indicated at 9, and at their free ends are curved outwardly and backwardly as shown at '10 forming an has curved walls;

The extreme ends of the wires are bent upwardly forming hooksll. With my improvements, the ends 8 and 11 constitute entrance which effectual supports for clothing and other articles, and the four curves or bends 6 and 10 constitute a clamp preferably foran umbrella or cane handle 12, when the latter is forced between the curves 10 into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It will be noted that the coils 4 are at opposite sides of the eye 1, and have their inner walls preferably in the same vertical plane, so that they form an additional support against the wall, and the coils 4, 4, will open to compensate for the weight of articles on the several hooks without bending the hanger.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hanger of the character described, comprising a single piece of spring wire having its intermediate portion bent into circular form with the ends of the wires crossed forming an eye, coils formed in the wire at opposite sides of the eye, the ends of the wires then projecting inwardly toward each other, and then outwardly in opposite directions, then curved upwardly, then extended toward each other substantially in parallelism with the outwardly bent portion, then curved outwardly and upwardly forming a clamp having four contact points and having a curved entrance thereto, substantially as described.

2. A hanger of the character described, comprising a single piece of spring wire having its intermediate portion bent into circular form with the ends of the wlres crossed forming an eye, coils formed in the 7 comprising a s ngle plece of wire bent between lts ends forming an eye, coils at opwire at opposite sides of the eye, said" coils having their inner edges in substantially the same vertical plane as the eye, the ends of the wires thenprojecting inwardly toward each other and then outwardly in opposite directions, then curved upwardly, then extended toward each other substantially inparallelism with the outwardly bent p0rtion, then curved outwardly and upwardly forming a clamp having four contact points and having a curved entrance thereto, substantially as described.

3. A hanger of the character described, comprising a single piece of spring wire bent between its ends forming an eye, coils at opposite sides of the eye, said wire bent at its ends forming four hangers, and spring clamp, said spring clamp having four substantially as described;

4:. A- hanger of the character described,

contact points and a rel atively'wid'e. entrance,

posite sides of the eye, arms projecting in opposite directions and each comprising two parallel sections of wire, the inner ends of said sections spaced. apart whereby an article 30 clamp is formed having four contact points, and the ends of the wire flared apart forming an entrance to said clamp, substantially as described. g a

In testimony whereof I have signed 'my name: to this-specification in the two subscribing witnesses. a

, JOHN" ravine] Witnesses:

WJH. S. GARLILE, jji

(Jr-ms. H. MERRITT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents 7 Washington, D. C. 1 i

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